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Upcoming Events
November 3: 2-Hour Early Release
November 6-7: Student Holidays
November 10: Veteran's Day Celebration
November 14-15: Math Night & Book Fair
November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break
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 Return Your Federal Impact Aid Survey!
FCPS is asking all families to fill out a Federal Impact Aid Survey. The form is available online in SIS ParentVUE. If you have not already filled out the form online, we are providing paper forms this week in Thursday folders. Please be sure to return paper forms by Friday, November 17. The electronic form will continue to be available in SIS ParentVUE until January 2024.
Completing this form for each school-aged child in every household is important because information from this survey results in an additional $3 million in grants each year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.
For more information, watch this video and visit the Federal Impact Aid Survey page.
Need to Register for ParentVUE?
Learn how to activate your SISParentVUE account, so you can easily submit your survey.
Technical support for using ParentVUE or completing the survey online is available by submitting a Parent Support Request ticket. Select SISParent in the Application dropdown menu and enter Federal Impact Aid Survey under Issue Description. Or, call the Parent Technology Help Desk at 833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS).
Please Nominate Our Staff for a Sangster Outstanding Employee Award!
Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Employee Awards! To submit a nomination for a Sangster Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below, please complete the nomination through this Google form link: https://forms.gle/WXqTYn5rFbn8T3xi6 . You may nominate one employee at our school or multiple employees (one individual may only nominate one employee per category).
All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in the criteria for that category. The google form link has more information regarding the criteria for each of these awards.
If you have any questions, including eligibility for each category, please contact Meghan Buckles at mlbuckles@fcps.edu
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Veterans Day Celebration - Photos Wanted!
We will be collecting pictures of our military families to display in our lobby during our Veterans Day celebration. Please send us photos of your military families and/or pictures of service members in uniform from your family via this form by Wednesday, November 8.
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Veterans Day Celebration
Sangster will hold it's annual Veteran's Day celebration on Friday, November 10th starting at 9:30am. All are invited to join us in the bus loop for an assembly to honor all those who have served. Every student will watch the assembly and have a service member, active or veteran, speak to their classroom.
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 Sangster's Renovation
Did you know? 🏗️
Some of the money from the upcoming $435 million bond vote is expected to fund the planning and design phase of our school’s construction project. The building and renovation of schools is not funded through the annual FCPS operating budget. Instead, voter-approved bonds allow payment for these projects over time.
Learn more at fcps.edu/Bond2023
✅ Election Day Is Next Tuesday. Vote!
 Family Math Night!
Sangster's 4th annual Family Math Night is back!
Please, join us for a fun and engaging evening for the whole family as we explore the wonders of math!
Tuesday, November 14th (A-L Families)
Wednesday, November 15 (M-Z Families)
6:00pm - 7:30pm
We look forward to seeing you there!
 Friendly Reminders
🔖Labeling Student Items
Now that the weather is getting colder, please make sure student names are in jackets, sweatshirts, coats, hats, mittens, etc. When they inevitably get lost or forgotten somewhere, if we can find a name we will return the item to the student. Labeling these items helps to keep our Lost and Found collection to a minimum. Thanks for your help!
🧥Lost and Found
Speaking of the Lost and Found - All lost and found items will be outside the school from 7:45am – 6:30pm October 30th - November 3rd. Please stop by and find your student’s missing items. Any items not picked up by the 3rd will be collected and donated.
📅End of the First Quarter
Friday, November 3, is the last day of the first quarter and a two-hour early release for students. Schools are closed for students on Monday, November 6, for a school planning day, and Tuesday, November 7, for a teacher workday. See the complete school year calendar.
⏰ Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time will end Sunday, November 5, at 2 a.m. Don’t forget to move your clocks back one hour!
 Native American Heritage Month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native Americans. It is also an opportunity to raise awareness about historical challenges they have faced and how tribal citizens have worked to conquer them.
Learn more about the heritage months, celebrations, and traditions celebrated in FCPS.
This week’s focus is on noticing how our words and actions can affect others in a positive or a negative way. What are some things that we can do improve the world around us? What are some things we can say that can have a positive impact on the people around us?
The site P2 For Families is available for connecting P2 to your home and you can learn more about the site here. Many of the slides are password protected and the password is P2 (case-sensitive).
Next Week’s Character Strength: Bravery
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 Resources from Sangster's Family Liaison
Local parks and recreation and community groups:
Fairfax County Parks and Recreation – Parktakes
Fairfax County SACC (after school program)
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Sangster PTA
Community Resources and Activities
Springfield Youth Club
Braddock Road Youth Club
South Run Recreation Center
FCPS Family Resource Center - The Family Resource Center Lending Library contains over 10,000 books, eBooks, DVDs, and CDs on topics related to parenting and educating all children including those with learning challenges, mental health concerns, special needs, and disabilities. They offer a FREE Lending Library with 1000’s of books for parents and children. Find the books you want to read and the Family Resource Center will send the books directly to Sangster ES for you to pick. You may also return the books to Sangster ES and we’ll send them back for you.
Family Resource Center
Sangster PTA After School Clubs
Sangster PTA has some of the best clubs in district. Take of look of what our amazing PTA has available to Sangster Families in the link below. If you haven’t joined yet, please take a few minutes to read through the Sangster PTA website and consider joining.
Sangster PTA
Military Families
DOD MWR Libraries
DOD MWR Libraries is another powerful resource to supplement classroom learning. Use its expansive, personalized and interactive resources to:
- Gain access to tutors and connect your military child or teen with live online help in a variety of subjects.
- Access video storybooks, audiobooks, eLearning tutorials and reading materials for virtually all areas of learning. You can also find practice exams and other information to help students prepare for college.
In addition, the DOD MWR Libraries Summer Reading Program is a great resource to help families bridge the summer learning gap.
DOD MWR Libraries
Partners in Promise
Partners in PROMISE is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves as a representative voice for our Exceptional Military Family Members (EFMP).
Partners in Promise
Military Spouse Career Coaching
Moving every 1-3 years while raising a family can be difficult for working military spouses. The Defense Department Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program provides comprehensive coaching services free of charge to all eligible military spouses. Employment readiness specialists are also available at most installations to assist military spouses with many different employment-related issues.
DOD Career Coaching
Sangster School Liaison
Do you have questions about FCPS, military life in Fairfax County, or the local community? Contact your Family Liaison for Sangster Elementary School.
Stacy Huisman
dshuiman@fcps.edu
571-425-8339
   Book Character Day! 🎃
Sangster had Book Character Day on Halloween! Many of our students and staff participated in the fun by dressing up as their favorite character. Look at those fun costumes!
News from the Sangster PTA
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